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Seven Supplemented To Triple Crown Series

Seven 3-year-olds, headed by recent G2 UAE Derby runner-up Summer Is Tomorrow (Summer Front), have been supplemented to the 2022 Triple Crown series for a fee of $6,000 prior to the late closing date this past Monday, Mar. 28.

Owned by Michael and Negar Burke, Summer Is Tomorrow is a two-time winner from seven starts in Dubai, having won a Feb. 25 allowance by 8 1/4 lengths going seven furlongs prior to his effort in the UAE Derby, in which he set the pace and was run down late by Japan's GI Kentucky Derby hopeful Crown Pride (Jpn) (Reach the Crown {Jpn}). The bay, trained by Bhupat Seemar, earned $200,000 and 40 Kentucky Derby points for the effort.

Azure Coast (Street Sense), who came from the clouds to win the G3 UAE 2000 Guineas at Meydan Feb. 11, has also been supplemented by owner Vladimir Kazakov and trainer Pavel Vashchenko. A distant ninth behind Summer Is Tomorrow in the UAE Derby, Azure Coast has yet to amass any Derby points.

The other late Triple Crown nominees include Bye Bye Bobby (Quality Road), second in Sunday's GIII Sunland Derby; O Captain (Carpe Diem), third in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth S.; Shake Em Loose (Shakin It Up), winner of Laurel's Private Terms S.; recent Gulfstream allowance winner Skippylongstocking (Exaggerator); and Win the Day (Midshipman), who graduated at third asking in his dirt debut going a mile at Santa Anita Mar. 6.

The seven supplements take the number of 2022 Triple Crown nominees to 321. Any horse that has yet to be nominated at the first two stages can become Triple Crown eligible through supplemental payments made at the time of entry for the GI Kentucky Derby ($200,000), GI Preakness S. ($150,000) and GI Belmont S. ($50,000).

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Shipsational Ruled Out Of Florida Derby With Inflamed Ankle

Promising 3-year-old Shipsational has been ruled out of a planned start in the Grade 1 Florida Derby this Saturday, his septuagenarian trainer Ed Barker told Horse Racing Nation on Wednesday. The son of Midshipman developed inflammation in his right front ankle on Tuesday, and while an x-ray did not reveal any issues, further diagnostics were required.

“I just wouldn't take the chance of running him because he's got a big-time future ahead of him,” Barker told HRN.

Bred in New York by Mr. and Mrs. Bertram R. Firestone, Shipsational is out of the winning Thunder Gulch mare Regal Approach. A $27,000 weanling at the Keeneland November sale, the colt brought $210,000 at the OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training.

A maiden special weight winner at first asking in Saratoga last summer, Shipsational closed out his juvenile season with back-to-back state-bred stakes victories in New York.

This year the colt has earned a second-place finish in the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes and a third-place finish in the G2 Tampa Bay Derby.

Shipsational currently ranks 21st on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard, with 14 points.

UAE Derby Runner-Up Among Seven Late Triple Crown Nominees

Michael Hilary and Negar Burke's $1 million UAE Derby (Grade 2) runner-up Summer Is Tomorrow was among seven 3-year-olds that were made eligible to compete in the 2022 Triple Crown with a late $6,000 late nomination payment that was due Monday.

With seven nominees during the Jan. 30-March 28 late nomination phase (pending late mail), there are now 321 horses eligible to compete in the Triple Crown's three race series.

The Triple Crown opens Saturday, May 7 for the 148th running of the $3 million Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), run at 1 ¼ miles at Churchill Downs. The 147th running of the $1.25 million Preakness (G1), its 1 3/16-mile second jewel, is set for Saturday, May 21 at Pimlico Race Course. The 154th running of the $1.25 million Belmont Stakes (G1), the final leg run at 1 ½ miles, is Saturday, June 11 at Belmont Park.

Other late Triple Crown nominees:

Vladimir Kazakov's UAE 2000 Guineas winner Azure Coast;
B4 Farms' Sunland Derby (G3) runner-up Bye Bye Bobby;
OGMA Investments and Jack Towell Jr's Fountain of Youth (G2) third-place finisher O Captain;
JR Sanchez Racing Stable's Private Term Stakes winner Shake Em Loose;
Daniel Alonso's recent allowance winner Skippylongstocking; and
Boat Racing, Fritz Brothers Racing and Bill Strauss' maiden winner Win the Day.

Any horse not nominated during the early or late phases can become Triple Crown eligible through a supplemental nomination payment due at the time of entry for each Triple Crown race: Kentucky Derby ($200,000), Preakness ($150,000), and Belmont ($50,000).

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Sunland Derby Wrap: Slow Down Andy Headed To Keeneland, Bye Bye Bobby A Late Triple Crown Nominee

The top two finishers in in Sunday's Grade 3, $500,000 Sunland Derby are both expected to target the 2022 Triple Crown series.

Reddam Racing's homebred Slow Down Andy, the half-length winner, picked up 50 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. The 3-year-old son of trainer Doug O'Neill's Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist is now headed to Keeneland, where he will prepare for the target beneath the Twin Spires.

“He's on a van heading to Keeneland,” O'Neill told DRF on Tuesday. “He'll train out of Keeneland and May 7 is our target date – the Kentucky Derby. We're so excited.”

The Sunland Derby runner-up, B-4 Farms' Bye Bye Bobby, was made a late nominee to the Triple Crown with a $6,000 payment on Monday. His second-place finish earned 20 points toward the Run for the Roses.

Trainer Todd Fincher confirmed the nomination when speaking with DRF on Tuesday, and said the son of Quality Road would also head to Keeneland for a start in the Grade 3, $400,000 Lexington, a 1 1/16-mile race on April 16 which offers the top four finishers Derby points on a scale of 20-8-4-2.

The current Kentucky Derby points standings are available here: 20220327 Road to the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard.

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